Abandoned by the best children? I just take out the space

Chapter 1973 God’s Punishment

When they arrived at a temple by the river, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang were stopped by several villagers before they began their search. Seeing that they were about to go to the temple, the villagers immediately became suspicious and advised them, "You can't go, you can't go."

"You must not anger the gods, otherwise the whole town will be implicated."

Seeing the anxiety on the villagers' faces, Wan Shufang frowned subconsciously: "Everyone, there are no ghosts or gods in this world..."

She wanted to persuade the villagers to suppress their belief in ghosts and gods, but before she could finish her words, the people in front of her suddenly became excited and kept approaching Chen Changli and Wan Shufang, shouting.

"You bullshit!"

"You are not allowed to discuss the gods."

"That's right. How can a girl like you be like this? You don't know anything, but you presumptuously discuss the gods. You will be punished." The old lady looked at Wan Shufang. Seeing that she was a stranger, she immediately looked enlightened: "I know, you are from outside."

"People from outside really don't understand our town. We can let it go for now, but if you continue to talk about the gods, don't blame us for being rude."

After he finished speaking, other villagers also echoed him. Seeing their ferocious looks, Wan Shufang pursed her lips and finally said nothing.

The villagers' reaction was so intense that persuasion was useless. They could only leave and find another opportunity to search later.

Thinking of this, Wan Shufang looked up at Chen Changli and nodded gently: "Chen Changli, let's go."

"Okay." Chen Changming understood Bai Wanshufang's intention and led people back. Until they left, they could still hear the villagers' discussions behind them.

Wan Shufang and her group did not go far, but just waited in a place where the villagers could not see them. When there was no one there, they went there again.

At this moment, it was already late at night. The footsteps on the weeds made rustling sounds along the river bank. Several people carefully sneaked into the river temple successfully.

The River God Temple was cleaned spotlessly, with fresh fruits and food placed on the altar. It was obvious that someone came to look after it often.

"It seems that the villagers really worship the river god as a god." Wan Shufang frowned, raised her eyes and looked at the river god statue with a serious expression: "In this case, it may be a bit troublesome to solve this matter."

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand to touch the wall, but suddenly she felt a dent. Wan Shufang's face changed and she pressed hard: "Chen Changli, there seems to be a mechanism here."

Hearing this, Chen Changli ran over quickly, his eyes full of worry, and pulled Wan Shufang behind him. Then he touched the wall, and the depression was pressed down. With a loud rumbling sound, the stone statue actually slowly moved away, revealing its true appearance hidden at the bottom.

"It's actually a tunnel!" Wan Shufang looked under the base of the statue. The tunnel was pitch black and bottomless. Seeing this, the two of them did not hesitate and asked someone to light torches and go down.

After carefully going down the tunnel, she unexpectedly ran into a mirror head-on. There were all kinds of ghosts in it. Wan Shufang was so scared that she almost threw away the torch.

"This...what is this?" She swallowed, grabbed Chen Changli's sleeve tightly, and waited until she calmed down before continuing to observe the ghosts.

After staring at the mirror for a long time, Chen Changli gently patted Wan Shufang's hand and soothed her softly: "Shufang, don't be afraid, these are all painted on the mirror."

Hearing this, Wan Shufang breathed a sigh of relief. She took a step forward and pushed the mirror in front of her to the ground and broke it. The lenses fell all over the floor. The two of them carefully walked around it and continued to walk deeper.

There were many traps in the tunnel. Fortunately, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang had a lot of practical experience and were sharp enough. They safely avoided the traps along the way. After walking for a long time, they finally came to an iron gate.

"This is the end of the tunnel. I don't know what's inside the iron gate."

She hesitated for a moment, then resolutely reached out to open the door, but was stopped by Chen Changli: "Shufang, step back, I'll open the door."

As he spoke, Chen Changli pulled Wan Shufang behind him. No matter what time it was, he would protect Wan Shufang and not let her face danger. The man looked alert and pressed the mechanism on the wall, and the iron door opened smoothly.

He was also prepared to respond at any time, but the expected danger did not come. There was a different world inside the iron gate, a completely different scene from the outside.

The surroundings were decorated very delicately and gorgeously, and even exuded a faint scent of roses. There were dozens of girls, as if they were drunk, lying on the ground, in the bed and in the bathtub, with rosy faces, looking very attractive.

Seeing this scene, Wan Shufang was shocked. Before she could speak, Chu Yaozu's voice suddenly came from outside.

"Hahaha, beauties, have you missed me?" Chu Yaozu's voice arrived before he even arrived. Seeing that he was about to come in, Wan Shufang was suddenly panicked for a moment.

The next second, her hand was held by Chen Changli, who quickly hid her in the nearest closet, while he hid in another place. The iron door opened and Chu Yaozu walked in swaggeringly.

The two held their breath and carefully observed his every move.

But Chu Yaozu walked directly to the closet, with a lewd smile in his eyes: "Let me see, what clothes should I put on you today?"

What the little beauties here wear every day is chosen by Chu Yaozu. They are like porcelain dolls that he dresses up carefully.

After realizing this, Wan Shufang became even angrier and her hands unconsciously clenched into fists. However, Chu Yaozu had already reached out to the closet where she was hiding. Seeing that he was about to open the closet, Wan Shufang was so nervous that she held her breath and kept silent, with a handful of medicine powder in her hand.

At this critical moment, Chen Changli saw the marbles at his feet, bent down to pick them up, and threw them towards the vase not far away.

The marble hit the vase accurately, making a bang.

"Who!" Chu Yaozu turned around quickly, looked at the broken pieces scattered all over the ground, narrowed his eyes slightly, and was about to go over to check, when he suddenly heard a noise coming from outside.

"No, someone is coming."

Chu Yaozu's face changed drastically, and he didn't care about the broken vase anymore. He walked out in a hurry. Seeing him walking away, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang also hurried out and followed him quietly.

The two followed Chu Yaozu and turned left and right. When they came out of the secret passage, they found that this was actually the Chu family mansion!

"It seems that Magistrate Chu has always known about his son's actions, indulged him, protected him, and may even have participated in it..."

As she spoke, Wan Shufang's face turned cold. There were servants and maids coming and going in the mansion. The two of them hid in the dark. Thinking of what the Chu family had done, Chen Changli was extremely angry. He gasped for breath, and his chest heaved violently.

"This damned official actually dared to indulge his young son and treat human life as worthless."